Carol's Journey (2002)

Carol, a twelve-year-old Spanish-American girl from New York, travels with her mother to Spain in the spring of 1938, at the height of the Civil War. Separated from her beloved father, ... See full summary »

Director:

Imanol Uribe

Writers:

Ángel García Roldán (novel), Ángel García Roldán (screenplay)

Stars:

Clara Lago, Juan José Ballesta, Álvaro de Luna

2 wins & 6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Clara Lago	...	Carol
Juan José Ballesta	...	Tomiche
Álvaro de Luna	...	Don Amalio
María Barranco	...	Aurora
Carmelo Gómez	...	Adrián
Rosa Maria Sardà	...	Maruja (as Rosa Mª Sardá)
Alberto Jiménez	...	Alfonso
Lucina Gil	...	Dolores
Daniel Retuerta	...	Culovaso
Andrés de la Cruz	...	Cagurrio
Luna McGill	...	Blanca
Andrés Lima	...	Donato
Carlos Manzanares	...	Daniel
Carlos Kaniowsky	...	Don Julio (as Carlos Kaniowski)
Ana Villa	...	Chana

Storyline

Carol, a twelve-year-old Spanish-American girl from New York, travels with her mother to Spain in the spring of 1938, at the height of the Civil War. Separated from her beloved father, Carol arrives in her mother's home village and transforms the secretive family environment. Her innocence and rebellious nature drive her at first to reject a world that is at once new and foreign. But she soon journeys into adulthood through a friendship with Maruja, the village teacher, and a young local boy, Tomiche.

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Plot Keywords:

village | teacher | friendship | girl | spanish american | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

web site [Spain]

Country:

Spain Portugal

Language:

Spanish English

Release Date:

6 September 2002 (Spain)

Also Known As:

Carol's Journey

Filming Locations:

Santa María de la Asunción, La Cárcoba, Miera, Cantabria, Spain

Box Office

Budget:

EUR2,760,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,527,127

Company Credits

Production Co:

Aiete Films S.A., Aiete-Ariane Films, Ariane Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

Cara al sol
Written by Juan Tellería

User Reviews

Interesting drama set during Spanish Civil War and filmed on wonderful landscapes from Cantabria , Spain

Drama with historical and romantic elements ; including enjoyable performances and adequate set design . Carol (Clara Lago), a twelve-year-old Spanish-American girl , daughter of a Spanish mother (Maria Barranco) and an American father , travels to Spain in the spring of 1938 in the company of his mummy . Separated from her father who is helping to fight Franco's military regime near Madrid , he is a pilot in the International Brigades who she adores, as her arrival in a little town transforms maternal family environment full of secrets and dangers . She soon journeys into adulthood through a friendship with Maruja (Rosa Maria Sarda) , the village teacher and forming bonds with old and new friends. Armed with a rebellious nature, opposes life lessons from his grandfather (Alvaro De Luna) and his love for Tomiche (Juan Jose Ballesta) will open doors to a world of adult feelings that will make her trip turns into a tender, vital and unforgettable experience but also tragic . The screen livens up as love blossoms between Carol and Tomiche and as a love of daughter for a daddy becomes evident and finally risked .

Imanol Uribe , also writes the script along with with Angel Roldan , novel's author titled "A Boca De Noche" , filmed in his usual formal and stylistic scholarship , without leaving a trace the thought-provoking issues , in terms of dramatic and narrative excitement . The flick can be defined as a realistic tragicomedy , a romantic history , a historic fresco and a socio-political fable . The main problem has to face "Carol's journey", beyond not being able to avoid falling into the politic pamphlet is precisely derived from the coldness of its staging . Because the story needs a vibration more real than the one offered in this sometimes slow-moving flick , though also contains humorous and sensitive moments as when the children gang is gathered and play and enjoy themselves . Anyway, its is compensated with the great performances from Clara Lago and Juan Jose Ballesta , interpreters who provided a considerable boost to the result . Imanol is a great director of actors and the main players are complemented by a good cast of secondaries as Alvaro De Luna , Rosa Maria Sarda , Maria Barranco , Albert Jimenez ,Carmelo Gomez , among others ; all of them forming a powerful human group of support cast and giving excellent interpretations . Special mention to magnificent musical score by Bingen Mendizabal who composes an evocative as well as sensitive musical score . Including a spotless pictorial cinematography by Gonzalo Berridi and a willingness , almost perfect of the elements of each shot , every sequence , every space . The original story was set in Castile, but Uribe decided to move on north of Spain, where have been shot the gorgeous landscapes , filmed on location in Cantabria, Estación de Puente Taboada, Pontevedra, Galicia ,Palacio Hornillos, Las Fraguas, Santander, Cantabria, and Ponte De Barca, Portugal . The film won three Goya nominations 2002 for Best Production, Actress (for the girl Clara Lago, who made ​​his film debut with this film) and costume design . And won Crystal Bear , Special Mention Best Feature Film for Imanol Uribe in Berlin International Film Festival .

This Fernando Bovaira production was professionally written by Angel Roldan and Imanol Uribe who also directed , though has some flaws and resulted to get an acceptable success at Spanish Box office . Uribe who lived and had a son with actress María Barranco , gained fame early in his career for his controversial socio-political portraits of the Basque people such as ¨Fuga Segovia¨, ¨Muerte Mikel¨ and he turned to thriller as ¨Adios Pequeña¨, ¨Running out of time¨ , ¨Plenilunio , ¨Carta Esferica¨ and drama as ¨Bwana¨ , ¨Rey Pasmado¨ and ¨Extraños¨ .